As these were military guns to start with, understanding how they viewed things is a help. As I recall the 1903 Rifle sight was 450 yards or some such.
They based it on combat, aim at belt level for close in and you hit a man sized target on out.
What we want is more precise and 25 yards became the metric of shooting a hand gun. Nothing magic about it, but if everyone tested to that, then you could have a direct comparison.
Most people that hunt with these don't shoot past 50 yards. The Accuracy is not there.
Why Ruger did not set the sights for a reasonable range as they were adjustable? But we have to deal with it regardless. Same as shooting Iron sights on a 1903.
